Lock or Unlock Journals via the Journal Explorer

Security Note: For locking, you need the Allow the user to lock journals security right in the Accounting security group. For unlocking, you need the Allow the user to unlock journals security right in the Accounting user group security rights group for this activity.

Activity Steps

1. Open the Journal Explorer.
2. Find the journals. See Find Journals.
3. To lock journals:
   1. Click Selected for the journals to be locked.
   2. Right-click in the Journals table and select Lock from the menu.

      The Batch Log displays the status of the journal locking.

4. To unlock journals:
   1. Click Selected for the journals to be unlocked.
   2. Right-click in the Journals table and select Unlock from the menu.

      The Batch Log displays the status of the journal unlocking.

5. Click Close.

   The Batch Log dialog box closes.

6. Click Save.